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USS Underwood (FFG-36) was the twenty-seventh ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, named for Captain Gordon Waite Underwood (1910–1978).

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Underwood passing under the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge, June 2006

Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 27 April 1979 as part of the FY79 program, Underwood was laid down on 30 July 1981, launched on 6 February 1982, and commissioned on 29 January 1983. She was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 14 and homeported at Mayport, FL.

On 13 January 2010, Underwood was ordered to assist in the humanitarian relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[1]

Underwood was extensively used to counteract drug trafficking in Latin America with the assistance of the Coast Guard.[2]

Underwood was decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport on 8 March 2013.[3] It was then moved to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it was laid up.

On 27 February 2023, Underwood arrived at Brownsville, Texas, where it will be scrapped.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Bacon, Lance M. (13 January 2010). "Carl Vinson, 6 Other Ships Headed to Haiti". Navy Times. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. [2]
    "America's Expanding War on Drugs in Latin America". HuffPost. 3 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2013/03/13/farewell-uss-underwood/15835414007/
  4. [4]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rukR5dgl6SM

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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